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Quote BeginningDemocracy in a nation of 300 million people can be noisy and messy and complicated. … In the end, it’s our ideals, our values that built America.End Quote

President Obama, State of the Union Address, January 27

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    United States Condemns Unjust Executions of Iranian Dissenters

    The Obama administration says Iran’s execution of two Iranians who were accused of being involved in protests following the country’s June 12, 2009, presidential election is “unjust.” Speaking in London January 28, Secretary Clinton said that “the voices of protest, the voices of opposition, are going to continue to challenge this regime in Iran.”

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    Thanks to affordable technology, there are some 4 billion mobile phones being used around the world, even in the poorest sectors of society.

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